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Mt. Vernon Democratic banner (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1853), 1862-06-10

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- .' h s ''. '" V . ... . i i -r E VOLUME 4 i ' motjnt i4-f . - -t - 1- . 1 81 1 M A rk kMmt;A :1 f T- -ITT A POTD 0lce lit Woodward llloeb, 3d 9 tor-. -hi iTZR?,I3. T-Dollri pe naut, pTbl In d ,i.tuei t2.5() jrithipcix month; f3.0Q'fter thm xpi- The Abolition &limea of Jiegro . J T7nAT-THE TAX-PAYEES ARB PAY-- ' HIO POB-TflE KXPTiRUTKWTS; i . SliobjCbOjPep Day Exd on Enii- - ; away and Vagabond Negroes. Speech 'of . Hon. W, Al . Richardson, of , Illinois, in the House of Represent- t - . .auves, nay ioo. .' , M. Richardson Mr. Chairman, I desire .'Uim morains to submit a few remarks for the ' consideration of s the House and the country - It is sot my purpose- to discuss questions per- taming to toe army aireaay in wie ueiu, waicn, if judiciously officered and managed, is able to crush out the rebellion. I shall direct my at- lention, therefore, to the consideration of some of the manr new questions which are continu ' - Hy arising duripg the progress of this terrible z.- ' " ; ' " MKCRO XQPALITT PETRH1ND WOTS. " "s Mr. Chairman, there is a manifest anxiety, an overweening deeire, a persiBtent purpose, 'upon the part of prominent members or the dominant-party in thia Government, to place - upon terms of equality and make participants 'with us in the rights of American citizenship an inferior race. The negro race, which is "in-1 capable of either comprehending or maintain-- ing any form of government by whom liberty . is intercepted as licentiousneps is 'sought to . be exalted, even at the cost of the degradation . of our,own flesh and blood.- We all remember with what intense satisfac-tion a recent Order of the Secretary of State, Mr. Seward, one of the chief clerks of the President, was received in certain quarters, be-cause it declared that no fugitive slave should .. r be retained in custody longer than thirty days, unless ''by Special Order of competen t civil authority." ; v ' : ;- " That I may do nos injiistice to the head of - the.State Jepartme'nt and his unwarranted as-v ' sumption Of power, I quote the official paper itself : : " ; ' y-: ;" ' . "DSPARTMF.MT OF StaTS, ) . ; ' , "Washinctox, Jan. 25, 1802. , "Sir : . The President of the TJnitedStates belug satisfied that the following instructions .' '. contravene no law in force in' -this District, " l and that theycan be ex'ecutedvrithout waiting . for. legislation by Congress, I am' directed by .Mm to convey then) 4.0 you ; . ; : ' " you will not receive into custody any persons claimed to beheld to set vice or labor within . ." tjis 'District or elsewhere,' and not 'charged . .witn any crime or misdemeanor, unless upon , arrest or commitment pursuant to law, as fu- '. gitives from such service or - labor ; and you : ' will not retain any such fugitives ini custody ' beyond a period of thirty davs from their ar ' rest and commitment, unless by special order oi compeieni civn aumoriiy.- . You will forthwith cause publication to be .made of- this order, and at the expiration of " ten days threfrom you will apply the same to ' all persons so claimed to be held to service or labor, and.now in your custody. , - ."Inis order bas no relation to any arrests made by military authority. - r - .j am, 6ir, your obedient servant, V '-'i. -." "WILLIAM SEWARD." raiviLEdis rOR THS : KEGRO OPPRESSION roH : . THE. WHITE MAX. While Mr. Seward was issuing this order for a general jail deliveryQf the negroes, he was alsd sending, under a usurpation of pow-'er, and jn violation of -the laws and the Constitution, hundreds of white men and -women . to nU the cells of the prisons in this District and throughout the loyal States. Against 'many of these white : men and white women thus incarcerated by this despotic Secretary of otate, no charge baa ever been made; they are imprisoned without the form, or authority of law, and this the personal liberty of the . Caucasian is ruthlessly violated, while the African is most tenderly and carefully guarded, even to toe nullification of State enactments and. the - national , statutes,. Let a rumor become, current that ft; negro has been deprived : of personal liberty-eitherin this District or Any where else and there are dozens of.'Re- publican - members upon this floor striving to obtain the attention of the House, while they may offer resolutions inquiring by what: law, by whom, when ana. where these objects of their undivided affections may have been arrested.. But never yet has any of these phi- lantnropio gentlemen made inquiry for the law : or the authority under which white American : ciUxens have been kidnapped by the State Department, dragged from their homes, and left . to pine, aDd die perchance, in some of the . many bastiles -which this Administration has . established. ... - . ' . .. . ' . It la well known, sir, that if any white citi-. jsen, perhaps; a father or brother, desires to vis-- . At a relative or acquaintance in the . military 'service of this Government, that he is obliged to seeura a. "pass"; from. some competent aur rVl thority, and to obtain this he-is required upon ; --Jiis honor to declare his Joyalty and fidelity .to .the- ..Government. ,3ui th,;;negro goest and '- -,. i comes -within, the, lines of, our ar,my, whether .: .-hia destination be toward; or from the enemy J vi the .color of the black , man la. hia -passport, 1!. ; . mvvi r a;uiucai, mi hue r pieage OI . nrf tm - mm .1 .1 jjooyr au.,wjimy upon jne pan ot arwhite . : THE XZClVnO-r 0 -WniTE CITIEXKS ft" r ' In thia j)lstrict yod. have abolished slavery '7 -Yon have abolished1! bv'ComMfttioB. -, '-addinz $1,000,000- to the national debt. nd tax of $73,000 to be paid ahnasJly; as interest .y. , -arion this sum, by1 taxes UOn the laboring white-people of these States: 17ot satisfied .wan aoipg mis mucn.ior jour especial . lavor- rite, yoa extend 'the 'freedom of .this city sirid rations to them day after dar.' nd week after y weekTatlons whichrmust be paid forthroagh i'.a e veat and toil of -tax ridden white-men;--' :re tuns surportint in." indolence huh- l i ?-any t a" cunJre of black men. ttHow ft wl-r.t ccstl am unable :to-etate v. r : relation, asking for this in- 'rf Jac?i. by th-honorable 1- :i " j . -T. cox,) it -was tn : -' - -7 ' - zt.iCia.TaaioTitT i..- i c. .3 Xlcw3e These . . : . . I J 1 1 i ;r-Uoa gd to .try; u.... ..oai4? crjosure 'Vrur. away nerroes ih .'this country who'chpose f" 'r to - vioit the District of 'Columbia.- Yc4-'f issue which a truthful reply to such inquiry-"wo(ld make. ?The resolubori of Mr Cox Also asked fork the namber of - negroes employed as. teamsters in the army, and at what -wages : but this was equally objectionable, for it would have illustrated the fact that negroes by the hundred are? receiving - better . pay as brivers than our own ;wbite sons and hrothers are for Deriliner their lives as soldiers m the. defense of the Union and' the Constitution Having been thus - deprived Of obtaining official information upon these- questions, I am obliged to gatberny statistics from such sour ces as JLcan. 1 shall, make no statement that i nave not received iroro respectaDie ana res ponsible parties, and none which I do not con ceive to be rather under than over the true es timate. The Government is to day issuing rations (to, about two tnousana negroes in mis iisirici alone, that cost over twenty cents per ration $400 per day; ih violation of law, is being paid for this purpose. .1 he Government is hmns in the District several hundred negroes, some as teamsters and some for other Durooses. to the exclusion of white laborers, thousands of whom, together with their wives and children. in our large cities, are suffering for the want of employment. .1 speak advisedly when 1 say that the Republican party are' already paying, of tax-gathered money, in this District alone, over three hundred thousand dollars - per annum to buy, clothe, feed and exalt the African race. Thus for the negro ; you expend ' more in a single year in the District of. Columbia than you appropriate for the Government and protection of all the people in all the organized Territories of the United States. The negro is made superior, in your legislation, to the pioneer white men that settle the great West, and, amid hardships and dangers, lay the. foundations of new commonwealths the hardiest and noblest men of our common country.So the people are taxed yearly more for the benefit of the black race ia this District alone than it costs to maintain the burdens of State government in either Iowa, Michigan, Minne-soto, Wisconsin, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Delaware or Maryland. ONE HVSDIID THOUSAND DOLLARS PER DAT EXPESDID OX lAZT KEGROES. But it is not in this District alone that you require the people to pay tribute to the idol of your affections. Wherever you find ourarmy, with one or two honorable exceptions, you will find that hundreds of rations are being issued daily to unemployed negroes who rendezvous in and about the camps ; wherever the army is, they are being employed in various capacities at good wages, and to the utter extension of white labor, that now languishes in irksome idleness throughout our country. I stattf , therefore, and I th ink truthfully, " that the Government is already paying $100,000 per day for the support and employment of ne-eroes paylu g iL too," out of money, raised through the toil deprivations and taxation of our own kith and kinr " : In my-dtrici"Mrv Cliairman. my constituents ar selling corn at eight cents' per bushel, in oraer to support tneir. Tamil lesmd -roain-J tain the honor and integrity- T,of. 4ur Govern-, metit. Shall money thus raised and for such As dwvite tlMMfauSggfttBf the African 7 Will my people, will the people anywhere, indorse the party and the Admin istration that thus seeks the elevation of the negro, even at the cost of ruin to their own race ? . .-. ' ' TUB KECRO PLACES CPON AN . EQCALITT WITH ; ; ; OCR SAILORS AMD SOLDIERS. . One might suppose that your ardor in the care and protection of th 3 negro would step and cool here ; but no, you co still further.- Having made him your equal r as a civilian, you now seek to place him on the same level with American sailors . and soldiers. First came the order of the Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Welles, as follows i ; . 'NAvr Department, April 30, 1862. "Sir : The approach of the hot and sickly season upon the Southern coast ofthe United States renders it imperative that every precaution should be used by the officers commanding vessels to continue the excellent sanitary condition of their crews. -The large -'number of persons known as 'contrabands' flocking to the protection of the United States flag affords an opportunity to provide in every department of a snip, especially for boats' ;crews, acclimated labor. The 1 flag- officers are required to obtain the services of these persona for the country by enlisting them freely in the navy, with their consent, rating them as boys, at eight, nine, or ten dollars per mouth, and one ration. Let a monthly return be made of the number of this class of persons employed on each vessel tinder your .command. I am, respectfully, your obedient servant, " ' "GIDEON WELLES." Under the plea of the approach of the sickly season, Mr. Welles issues this order ; under the same plea the negro may be called into any service in the South, though the sickly season, and the terrible, effect it might have upon our army and navy, was not thought of by any Republican official until recently. Having made thia progressive step , in our navy (as my colleague from the Bureau District Mr. Lovejoy would call it), it remains to be emulated in our army. Not long does it await an imitator; General D. M. Hunter, commanding in the military department of tuuiu varouaa, ueorgis ana r lorida, issues an order to enroll companies, regiments and brigades of, negroes in the militarv service of the United States. . : :. Thus, in less than two years after the ac cession to power of the; Republican party, the ucru jo umuc, im tar as possipie, ne equal or the white man'as a oivilian, a sailor and a sol dier, way, more than this, the Constitntinn is violated mat white men mar be: bereft of guaranteed rights. White men are' stripped of'the armor of American citizenship in order that the negro may b cloth ed; therein'.1.5 All this has been done against the earnest protest of all, consenraiive men,' And propositions and amendments to-bills appropriating - money for the suppression of this rebellion, which provided that no moneys , should be diverted either to the freeing"; the" support fer 'the enlist ment or negroes, bare been invariable Voted aown .oy the KepuDliean party in this House. Worse than this even, General Huoter.'in his zeal forthe.negro; wHhdraws-the' protec tion or, nis army from the ldyal citizens.vof Jacksonville, Ffoilda, order1; to "perfect h great negro boardin is mili- uiy academy at the mouth r the Savaonah flTeif:TrThia!f-,l?d?ubtdly in harmony With his brilliant duearv th.-iu- f ahd martial law . are' ucounatibT.;wliin. A mm'ds have heretofore tmAm-i i and slavery, either for whites or blacks, amoW the.most -concordant -institution i npou arth jhia proclamAtory commander.' L-:.u.. : profunty with the Inamortal General Pheioa! hundoubtedly coheiders martial . law , the. casset jewei 01 American' libertvvf. -' . llj mind.'1-Ir. Chairman; revolts at the idea cTtd:rcS2 he cit:zen: soUicry of ray country to tLi hTel cf the co. v LIr its An erica a vol-nttcr L-3 ZLlivays been car reliance in pckua tt awou in itar.iuncr-iiw ed, and yoa win ad the ATcluntecr fcrpiy cf . thertJhion 'Opposed alhe'jMUalizltioS, ranks of fdiiztogrM'ta u: '?:(HaVinBia"m5h?enoT6 foV the'negToes of the United tstatea, ' jt:jwoTiid, eem' tnatjyonr But, no;"you iiow; go wandering. mo.ng-;t$e. islands of the seav'andver-.the cdntmentS Of tne gioDe, in 'pursuit -oi negro prinxipuuiiwa atad republics which yon may recognize among the powers of the earth.;.-, ITayti , and. .Liberia furnish.further matter for jour infatuation k to fatten upon,' and you at once proceed to establish diplomatic relations between' the- TJhited States and these benighted and hal&made par- At an annual expense of thousands of -dol lars, you propose io' receive hegro 'diplomats, from them and send United States 'Minisfrs to them ; indeed are yon all the champions pf negro equality, without regard to oost, ; place, This Congress has been in session", nearly eiffht months, and all that : I have reviewed you have done, and more you would do if you. couJd, for the negro. ; What have you accomplished for the white roan ? Have yott prov AoA far th TMvment of DensionS to thesoidierm who have been disabled" while fighting the battles of your country t Have you approprir ted money to relieve tne wan is aaq uoccestMues of the widows and orphans of white men who have Perished upon the' battle-fields' defending the Constitution and the flag of the eonntryj. Ah.no! your time has been too- muca en- crossed with - the. .negro---' to..think '..of . these things. You have not aiDropriated one- dol lar for these purposes purposes which should enlist the ability, and the sympathy "of every patriot in the land; - ' v-; -' .. ! ' If. this statement is incorrect ; if this R nublican party or.its Administration have ev er made a single effort in behalf of the maim ed soldiers.a single appropriation for the support of the orphans and widows of ! slain sol diers, I hops' some gentleman upon the. other side of the House will correct - me. .There ; is no response, and I am reassured in the correctness of mv assertion by your silence. The al- leviation of sufferings of white men r vthe protection or ineir rtgnis is not m your aine 01 - . . . - - Tf ., . . . 1? phuautbropy. iiKe your iimstnous ..prototypes, Mrs, Jellaby, of the Bori-ho-la-ga, mission, or the Rev. 4'Am5nidah Sleek" in the E lay of The Serious- Farnity to -the political ranch of which you Abolitionists, will soon belong, your sympathies are never .active - in behalf of practical andgenume . Deneypience. REASONS AGAINST EQUALIZING THE RACES., Mr. Chairman, I am opposed to all "these 'sickly 6ch ernes for ' equalizing the negroes God made: the white man superidfto thebUek and no legislation will undo or change- the de crees of Heaven. s They are unalterable as the laws of natureteternal fis Divinity Itself, and to legislate against them: leads lis to" infldelity and . ruin Since creation' dawned the white race haa ids proved, and advanced So the-, scale of being, but as the.pegfO-,w8s tlien.,eOs he; is now. "But." an' the Abolitionists: " the Af rican has been blessed with po opportunity for improvement." 'Whor give the white .man an ODDOrtu n Itr f ; r God. I iiiJiis infin its iustice; - pla- Ced the two caces upon the earth, at the.pfgio- Hn2 ffJ' ""kjC" tltcic.rqpeytive times. . History has laiLhtulIy. recorded their confidently appeal for the- verification -of j the white man's superiority. As God made them so they remained, and, Unlike 'the - Abolition equalizationists, I find no fault and utter no complaint against the wisdom and justice ' of our Creator. " ' : r-:' - '' -' - 3 - -;- '. 'The evils of the attempted-equalization -of the races is illustrated by the history of Mexico.. That country was settled by the intelligent Spaniard," a race liol "inferior to onr own ancestors; Thev developed the resources of the country by building roads highways and' canals. All along, their, line .of .march the church and the school house were erected as landmarks of their progress.-' But finally the idea of the equalizing of the races becanie popular; the-attempt was made, the -races were' commingled, and thenceforward the deterioration of the people Was rapid and fearful. .This holds true, not only iri Mexico and throughout Central and Southern America, but in. all sections of . the globe, wherever the white race has commingled with the block or the Indian,. This system of .equalization, has failed to elevate the inferior, out has always degraded the superior race. On the other hand, wherever the purity of the -white race has been preserved, its superiority baa continued, and its. development, both mental and physical progressed. Neither soil nor climate, upon this contir nent of elsewhere, has ever lowered the.etand-ard Of the rover n in? race! -.' v.. . . For three quarters of a century the United I fctates have led the van in au that is great or useful in inventions. ' We hare : made : ari errand boy Of the lightning; we have applied steam as a propelling power, c In a single year we have demonstrated the frailty of "England's wooden walls," by the cohstructio'n -of our iron-clad ships of war, and, at the same time; by the same thought, dissipated all previously entertained opinions of sea coast and harbor fortifications. Sir, I am satisfied 'with the his,-tory df the races as ' they : are, as they5 were created, and as our fathers legislated for them. I claim ; no originality .forthese . thoughts ; they have, been entertained by 'some "of the ablest statesmen.Tiot only of 'our country tuf of England among them Mr? Canning, ' who, when the British Parliament was considering schemes kindred to those now occuping the at tention of the xtepuoucan, party n this country, said:.4 ;,-- " '; ' ;' '" vr":.... ; ."In dealing with the negroaiwe'rmast remember that we are dealing with a beirig pos sessing the form and etreorth Kf axnan but I ioe ioieuec( ouy , 01 (a .cqno., . 10 turn ,111m loose in the manhood ot his physical strength, in the maturity Of his physical 'passions, hut in the infancy' of " his nninetmcted' reason; would be to raise up a creature resembling the splendid fiction of: a reeent romance the hero of which constructs a human form," with all the corporeal ''capabilities' 'of man'ahd - with the thews and sinews" of a 'giant bat,:: being nnable to impart to the work' of hia -hands" a perception. of .right andf wrong, .he finds too late tnat he has only created a more than mortal power of doing mischief; fand ' himself .rer coils from the monster he has made.' - ; ' ; One of their great statesman. Of to-day; Lo'rd John Russell, whenever he alluded to the blaek rase ia.Am erica and to a change of its' statu. a-IT : i v. ti ;, i:I.lL.L::i-.vr. hum .ouiy vi K erj grauuai emancipation, oe-causehe knows that sudden' and UBCondition-' ' al would be destrectlon .to "both the oegro nd the. white man.' British. statesman -ornosed : immediate emancipation, upon the grounds but BiBU.uuuu wc Eruuuu ,wat ua vuueutuiiuH gives no power to ininuc wna vut ' uuaieuuc institutions of the Tseveralrtates-rnd : such nowep either in neaceor in ; war.f jj.'-.'I.r'i-! ,. But to. reach the, coal cf their ..hopes, the AboIitionistsof thia country lire Villin to overriu3 expediency, the law, and 113 Costi-tutlon to destroy the Covernme-1 itaelf.s ia order to 'emjncips.tioa'et one a ell the slaw? cf tne toma, . . --.scixtts rn rts jsjj.tr ts r- ' : EIr, I Hi i.e-t C" " , il.'. eiieratioa jpf the t ; . r 4 . , , 1 -AI "V t5 tZ-.3'CC: ire resting upon Our country is menaced by Secessiomstalo armsi: rebels uponjoaejiand, and byrAbolitiooists, nulli3ers of the lawsMd the Constitntio.h upon the other, v Sir, I ipro-poseJbulIets for the fbrrnc, ballots for th'elat-teri These two' elassei disposed Of, and ther will ha ahtnrn to theerrosperitT.-t the eace and happiness of the earlier daya; of the v Re trablio. Sir.-tbese armies, were .raised to exe1 ecnte the laWs and maintain . the amh6rity' tf the Constitdtion in ell the States Theyy are;: air. to sarmresa armed violatbrs of that-matr) ment -And, sir, it remains fbr,the;4eople t the ballot box. to suppress these Jofihern violators of ,4h CsJJtnjkJrtlf tbey would pre serra .tne. ngnw . y-, aiayncso 1a .--5 it d-Wv'l ThVsen'eitoVofeoyies ioW48jn6wJiA in '0en,cCldIan Vm his paper; as follows s n :..' -ttat i i -, ;t "' We' hae neter dare tdliope -thaf ih5 in- terests or tne country coria oe Deneniej"j ine Rerm blican jart ifjb.it th at anyw iseOr v benefit eial policy 'could be eithe-jtOnceiyed or ex4cu-ted'by the aisCordaht;1 fanaticaUVnd heferoge- neonseiementswnicnjcomposertnat,party.--But" we had' hoped, that: while nothing could be expected. from their wisdOiorpatrio'tisuV; that the desire of place and Of power Woii Id re- . -m V ' . R- . mm, . "-- .-f '-.' strain tne leaaers tromaeyising sen ernes, wnicu while they Would be :minons to the 'Coon try; wonld be fhtalt6' themsely'esv' This expecta-. tion has,- hdweVef,' been :uerly disappointed, for a. scheme,' -nionstrouis in itSobject, terrible in its consequences, odions isrits everyfeatare, nas oeen xne nt product or a party wnose.. principles and leaders have done Sd'-much Hdruin" the Republics 1 ViJ?W- i.:;-r;'tar.T: f -Negro emancipation, as it is called,v isthis precious fruit.'ofiRepobllcaa; power. Thia ;ia neither more nor less haa; ao , agreement-on the part of , the Government of the .United States, to purchase (he negroes " of ariy. Blaye State that is willmg to emancipate 1 its slaves." In other words, it has been resolved. by. Cqn-gre8s thathe Government shall be converted into a slaregeaey-' purchase negroes at the market price; and that price.' ia to: be' wrung by taxation fron the pockets, of the tax-payers lof the- North,., who .. emancipated, their ;negraes Without demanding- Or receiving "a ddllar iof compensation from the United fstates "Govern ment" " H ? r-i jMjyA.'rjj j.;; .. The faith of the Government has.,hesnsol-em-nly. pledged to. make this . purchase of ne groes, by a' resolution which passed the HonseaJ colof ana it- was so adopted in-opppsition to the rotes and .Opinions ,o 'a,fWi Democratic members of Congress who ha ve5 seats in either House. The whole.ehee isth'e peculiar property of the 4puhlicahs, wh"o have the able honor of originating and adopting it,' and who are thus redeeming their promise of " two dol- tare a - aay-na- roat -ee i ii-is.a.Bcaeme w.orthy of. the party frdr p-hetjceit.came, A"s if (the,taxe8 ,to anstain- tlw war,'which - every sufficiently; burdensome; a if ruined trade; de pressed industry, and - stagnant commerce, Were burdens: too little, the. people are j to be taxed still further,, to raise the millions that will be necessary to buy the worthless negroes in order to gratify a few fanatical Abolitionists, whom it is the interest of the Republican-Administration to conciliate. The faith of- the country, and the money of the . tax payer are thus recklessly, pledged by a Kepubhcan .President and Congress to this stupendous outrage; and the Republican presses are ; loud in their approval of the measure. -' " But the. sxtong&oea not end here. What U behind isworse. '' For the expense of huy ing the negroes, large,' as it will be, is only an lteir in the i)ill which the burdened tax-payer will have to foot in consequence : of the pur chase. "'The' negroes thus bought bv the Government old and young, infirm and able will spread all over the North. .They will compete with the white laborers they .will. lower, the price of labor for both men and . women, and even for mechanics. ' ' They Will enter our public schools; they will be ' imprisoned in our jails; they will swarm our jalms houses, and we will be taxed to educate and. nurture their young, as well as to' provide for and bury their old. The consequences "are inevitable for every emancipated aegrp will rush to the , North as the. Israelites of old went to uanaan, exr pepting to. findi .fli land 'flowing' ith milk and honey. 'When 'ooc ' herei they: will be , toq poor. to Eooacavana we win nave toproviae for. them . ' ' Th e white .citizen will,1 and must be taxed toi support the enlancipated negroes whom he. has 'emancipated ' and; paid forz'and Vhen groaning under the burden; let' him remember that a Republican President originated, a Repu,-blicajangress adPpfced-and Republican press applauded this monstrous schemer- of ''robbery.' We have no fear that it will-be -foreotten. r It will be remembered when the time of out crimi nal courts is consumed in trying segrocrimmala and our county expenses are .increased, by the coat of maintaining, those prisoners io tha jail andf tne, penitentiary, , xt win . pe reconeciea When the : exnensea- of ' our ' alms Houses4 are dqubled, by the negroe Inmates, who. will flock them. v It : wilj b'l'lhooght'.-tif-fsKetfBesr. school houses are to be built, in order to ao commodatft-.the Jiejrra. children who. under our School lawe-ar?, f ntjUed Ut ty. onr school eystemj ana wnen the . couarent n white citizens are reciting in the same 'classes and settlnjr' bn'fthe 'same-' benches" With: the children ofthe released slaver. It will- not he forsotten When the white laborer', wages JareH diminished One-tbint by thewm petition ofthe negro, withv nomHne wi w txunpeiiect - to work side by Bide at hia-tdailT;. laborer -And It will be recollected --when treble rtaxea safe. de manded by the collector; ia order todefray the expenses thus incurred V k- y-,.rw . , - ThariViT?? Gc&iox CIrii Wax. l i ! writes $ j vctt'arf.itu; i2.1tl?. 'The first act of record pf this Government sincejhe prohibition of Slave. trale:r was yet terday made Tthe' lJistnciljajstincU'la thenterestr of treont'H-S..V4 '' li;th.ewriteff 'contwnes ) :ft4S-- .Whiie looking at the ecene oa thfiootQ? the Honsei i thanked Gtyijar even this ic(rr koilh its wesni4Mpeciiva. misery, and sveritiff ABwnitingrQgijwfr ipr-IM9 - Civu wari Why? theYverr ghofts of tbe ratriotio. slain from Bull Jiun - to Pi ttsburg 1 Landing,: must scowl, from their gory graves; and squeak and God; whose- name is' thua . taken larAin, -.was havex!-lthel-r: tsncl r-:i tLi3 p r. trynll.vy t: .! 1 cr r i t ff -, --ever I .1 1 ' - ' i - ..i-cic-lts- ;- ;n th? cona- p u rvn r - - :rc twenty.yen and tLirt rc-ri r o; "peaceitbly working-out;' Ilia e";'-Y wkca tVcre stepped ia thest$ dsvil3iiccr.r--.it: cf. vr? rJtr?:&nrf -who ihe preSS:"1 the riehf 'to bail to trial br iurir etci, and to be ground ih taxeS therefore, roa- ilcCLELIAH IllSPORTliG ! A DesperatoBattle -Near sfiiBf-Jba-S.- -.7- - f TrTrT'i Tha- -Federals TAaka Brilliarxt: Bayonet .i Charees.-r-Tlie Enemy; -llnJse4.-r--The f t Rebel ? Loss - Enonnotia.--A. -:. Complete 'ykl&r. hha'ii : ;cw4BH WtOJfi; J-um.-.Il.1 The following dispatch .was received at the fW Department this afternoons"' 1 W have had a desperate battle, jri which the corpse (Jenerala Suniroer, H.emtzelman and .xx.eyes.:wererengHgea against' ereauv superior bumberso iTeeterday. at one- oclock, the ene- ny, taking &4 vantage of a terrible storm, which noodetl the, valley o the: AJbickahominy, : at tacked, our right flank. v GeaCasey 's division wnicu ,waa ;in tne nretsiiae,- gave, way , unac countably. r This cause4,temporary confusion; daring which the guns land baggage, were lost, but Jfeintzelmaor and Kearnev. most crallantlr hrought. up their troops, which checked the enemy, At the same time I succeeded, by.great cAsruvn 4u uripsing across urens.eagwicK ana 'Riohardscm' Divisions... who drove back the enemy at the point of the bayonet, coveringthe ground, with his dead, , . ; Th ia morning the ene my auempt(K to renew the conflict, .but . was eysrywDftrcrepmsed. ... w e 4iaver. taken many prisoners, among whom are Gen.- Pettigrew ana voirtong.. :-,;.;-; .'- v . r.r. - .. . Our loss heavy, and the enemy's must have been enormous - T .. . - , ; . . . ; ,. '1 . ; Excepting, Casey's Division the men be hayed splendidly.. Several fine bayonet char ges: were made, n '.-' - - -, - . ?-,(Sigoe , v vGf B, MLEtliAN. .:.,,... .. . . ,.WASHiNCtoN, June 2J s iiieultenant .FrankC- Davis of A veriU'sThirxi Ten H8V 1 va h ia" cav al ry was dispatched on Sun day last with a small squad to open communication , between the land forces and the gunboats, opposite CityToint on the, James River, and be'accomplisb-ed; his "errand- in a style so handsome,-and so rmounted such difficulties in doing H, tha he has been thanked by the Com-mandiiig General iq.a public order,. : ,', , ' : ' .TJie .Lieutenant reports . the '.Galena very much'cut up by' enemy's" shotl". ' The batfery she was engaged- witb -mounted- thirty Iarsre gan.. Alot of shot -are still sticking in her below: the ye&tettinlXg'- Indications' are fast increasing that "General '' Sigel may be'desfgnated for Ithe command of theroops in the Valley of Vrrgini.? 7 During' the whole,of the battle of thUmOrn- ing,; Prof., Lowe's balloon was oyerlookinig the scene at an altitude of 2,000 feet. Telegraphic communication from the 'balloon5 to ' General 3rcClella"riV and m direct communicatinn with inentlrfsry w!?3,wsft(?ncc'e?sfbllyinaintniBed. erat or. , very movement of the enemy yras ob v ious and i nstan tly ' reported; ' Tli is is ' be .rftjiji.Hft; ",f;. -j- fr ..Jtjmmmrmmrfm lieved to be the first time that balloon recon- noisance has been successfully made during a battle, and certainly, the first time the telegraph station nas been established in the air to re port the mdvements of an enemy, and the progress of a battle. The advantage to Gen. Mcr Clellan must have been Immense.' t '"' "';- '--" Washingtok, : June 2. v JLispatcnc8 oi an unomcial character, re ceived from the headquarters . of the-Army of tbe;irotoniac, say that tne importance and di-mchsions of our vietory increases as they are rnrther Particulars" of the Battle-Before '.--.-'-". .-' - Richjnoad. ?. v , , vt- -'s''. ' AfcCLELLAs's Headquarters, 1 - - -. June 2 18G2 J Two .days of the' battle of Richmond has been fought;' in both of which yre are victorious. Loss on both sides beav v. - v . yThe attack comioenced ati 1; o'clock Saturday,, by Hi U's Division of five rolel brigades. mostly "from "South CaVoIIna'. irgtma and Georgia, aitJcLing Casey's Divwiun ' near the turnpike leading. over Bottom's bridge. Th to. ight - was -disastrous -' to-us. Casey 's urigaae wan torced - to retreat -before: superior numbersleaving all. their cam n eauippagaand Kia oawejie.. ...... -. . . :, ... ;. . ., ... ... l 1 n . . : J .... , ' Colonel Bauy, in endeavoring to save the batteries, was killed. - Some pf the Pennsylvania and New York troops behaved very badly, and many officers were killed in at tern pt- -ing. -to rally ..their men, , General ileiutzel-man ordered up a portion of. Kearney's and Hooker's Divisions. ' The former charged the -Rebels with - the bayonet, driving them like sheep. and regaining, the .lost ground, except nail -iaue, won utguiuoseu tneir operations. SumirterV 2dJJiyisiooi composed of Sedgwick' and Richardson's Brigades, crossed the Chick-ahbminy at 3 celock Saturday afternoon taking a' position on Heinzelman's right." Here they 11 encountered -Lonestreet's. Rains' " and Hughes Division v composed .of the flower of tie rebel armyw . "1 be fighting was desperate ; every inch being hotly contested;. The enemy stood fire, but in every instance fled before 1 he bayonet. . -These two divisions did nobly; ' driving tbV rebels from every point. 4 ii . j vWe have .taken fiome 500 prisoners, among whom are several prominent officers. On Sunday, as soon - ai !it was light; the fightras renewedby General Sumner Twith ni&rked success, tte . fiht Jabting nearly the wholeday.r The -rebehV wereidnven back at :yery point.; with' heavy- tassv Tha.)gronnd fsined by jCren, uiuner waa about, two and. a alfoUcs x . i. - .'.;,;?.--r , - j',. Gen. Heintzelman. succeeded, on Svindar mbrnifig,'ih retaking the ground - lost the day oeioreoy iijeu.xusey, : aiier a. severe strug- H Oar "1I0S8 ;in - the two. day's cngagemeet.in killed and wounded! ia about 2O0L At great number are-missing who will probably return, hiviBg strayed a way All thev enemy killed and moat of their i Wotmdcd &11 ' into ! onr handed The country inwhich thr battle was I m . a 1 . -. . 5.1 . ft I ft , r iouguv-JBowBoipT.wii.it t.uicjc unaerurusiL. iia 'most ot the 'fighting' wasin tha wood.; O wing Fto-thr nature: of the ground -rray little artillery waensea'i jota oauoonsi were mp neaxry Mil dairyesterdayj Ali the troops left; Richmond ad marched out in the-direction of the battlefield. The Railroad chas beett. of-inestimable ftalptraA.-. t a ym mntiiiitw mwll Kill m tn!!. m nl . m half f ihehae-fieldy-briagia forward iam munition and supplies. tv ! ' Tha-Woiinde4 wer imtnediately pat' aboard tie cars and sent ta.TTLIie House.- i- J s'Geaeral McClc'.Iaa axi ived on the lattle-ifipl 3 on Caturday eyeain c trherrha has -.remained ever sioce, idlrccticg&ll ?t!te '.xaoyements''in per: 03."- His 7 re ;n c 2 'err. ?r j tL e tr 007 hJ a r.;c '. t: lnZ'.Z t :t.,' -----N -.'1 1 . . . . . . w 1 j'c: :t vr e -J-i .- -si- .'j v, irs--1 III w 1 er. .:. 3 .;tc. rs 1 .2 1- ientenabi'Washinan'Aid- iQeneral'j - iiuuiuud, wu uuen prisoner. ' .- : . - j . The enemva dead left on 4he'field amoani to ATff 1 .9(Vi . i-.r..?-.-. -cf . !..., r.... . .v. f a ounuea . twice in ,iae arms. CoL Miller of the 151st J- Pennsvlyaniav k and CoL'' Kinney of. Pitfibur were killed. Col. CampDell of Pennsylvania; was wounded m the Headquarters Arjct or THr i Potomac June, 2d,; 1852. .; rThe rebel officers were nnable to raUy their troops this morning' and have retreated hack toward" Richmond. " Our men have moved forward to Fair Oak," five miles from the city. Jeff.' Davis and Letcher were both at the fight yesterday. The dea4.are.now being gathered and buried. ".,', ' -' . "f " All the wounded and many of the dead have oeen sent to w nite House bv railroad.? it is impossible to obtain any correct list of the casualties of the past three days.; j . ;.' From' lemont's Department; . Gen. Fremont Iueets & Routs s .Jackson! . . . . Fremont's Headquabtebs, : T ; : Near Strasbcro, June I. V i . Gen. -Fremont, with a strong column, left Franklin last Sunday, and has crosse! the Shenandoah Mountains, marchingnear a hundred miles with little means of transportation i . i ana no suppues in ne country., 4 bis . morning, five .miles from Strasburg, he OTcrtook t. .? i.tt . , . tsucitsua jii juii. reireai wun .nis wnoie :. iorce, on the road fromT Winchester to 8trasburg. Col.' Claseret, commanding the advance brig ade. come upon the- enemy strongly : posted vith artillery, which .opened as soon as the head of his column appeared. Gen. Fremont brought his main column rabidly up and formed line of battle. : - .: . JackBon declined to fight and while holding Claseret in check with a portion of his troops withdrew Lis main force and continued" his re-? treat. - Ih the skirmish' five of the8th-Virginia and two of the fiOlh'Ohio were wounded.- The enemy's loss is 'nnknown; J: 25 prisoners were taken by our cavalry. . , , ; .,-r-" : Lieut. Col. Downey, 3d . Regiment Potomac Home Brigade, in a skirmish on 'Thursday morning, drove: a large party of Ashbys cav alry through ' Wardenville, . killing two -and wounding. others... a 4 -.- : ...... . .. . v " - " Fremont's. He adquartees, 1 ; . -:--'-"-:,; Neer 'Strasburg, 'June 2..; j Gen.' Fremont's advance brigade." under Col Claseret, occupied Strasburg last .night . without resistance, Jackson rapidly .Tetreating.be- iore-jour lyryes. mianiput, ireconnoissanc three miles- beyond Strasburg,' .came upon rope' barricade and ambush of Jackson's rear guard 5 pur" -trooper XittirehhS only three Wounded.Vr; ! r"5'"' i '"'-.:-- CoL Figgelmenii;;of Fremont's staff, whh. only 15 men, charged and' put to flight a body of cavalry commanded by Ashby ih person. "; - Woodstocr:, Ya., June 3u-r-The enemy was. driven out oft Strasburg' last eyeningl by Gen. Fremont's guard', and have been closely pursued to-day by his forces and Gen;- Bayard's cavalry brigade.: ii -.i ,;;.-'-;:, . ' . They have several times made stands, and skirmishing has been constantly going onv but with trifling loss on both sides. ' : r ' - --One of : Gen.-Bayard's command was killed, and. Col; Pillsons Chief of Artillery and one of Gen. Fremont's Aids were wounded.: . . - The enemy are now encamped about three miles, beyond Woodstock. We are holding the village.-'-' - - ''.f ""vi--'V :-' -- - ; We .have taken about 300 prisoners, and more are being brought in constantly.' "- Fremontb Headqcarters, "l V - v" v W.00DSTOCE, Va.,. June 2. .. j! Gen Fremont after occupying Strasbure last night was obliged by the darkness and tremendous storm and the fatigue of his men, to delay h ia . advance . till -morn ing. At . 6 o'clock the pursuit of the retreating enemy was resum? ed, and vigorously continued during the day. uerr. Jictioweirs advance being part of a brig ade under5' Gen) Bayard, reached. Strasburg tnis morning, and was ordered iorward by Gen. r remont to join in tne pursuit, with tne cavalry and artillery." The enemy, to letard the pursuit, endeavored to make a stand in three strong" positions with artillery, bat were driven rapidly and with loss each time. - . . Jackson's rear guard passed through Woodstock this . afternoon, the head of his column having reached it at sunrise. ' Col. Pilson, chief of artillery on' Geit. Fremont's staff, and who selected with great skill the" "successive position for the batteries,- is wounded by the fall of his horse, which was shot under him while reconhoitering, within 30 yards of the enemy. - ""-"' -' -''. - "-. : :: The batteries engaged were Schiermer's and Buell's, of Gen.'Stahrs brigade. - ' - '- : ;The 1st New -York -and let Pennsylvania cavalry' under Gen. Bayard, and the 6th Oh id and Stewart's Indiana cavalry,' under Col. La-gorey,: were in the advance, driving the enemy before them; and in support of the batteries. ' The road and woods were strewn with arms', stores and clothing." "A large number of prisoners have been taken.- Our loss is one killed and several, wounded. - - . . V,' - Gen. Fremont's rapid march, combined with Gen. McDowell's rapid movements, has wholly relieved the Shenandoah Valley and Northern -Virginia. : '' ; '" .'' "-'''' ' .-' ' -7 . JackBon will . be' 'overtaken ; and fbreed. to fight or must abandon his ground entirely.-". : Washihoto"1 June 2.-- Information has been received at the War Department to-night that Fremont has encountered and beaten the enemy near .Strasburg, '; yesterday-' and f thia morning, a jpart of Jackson's army which is in full retreat. - : -. . Advices from the Army of the Potomac, dated this afternoon, show no fighting to-day-..' ' Oor advance ia considerably in front of the position occn pied before Saturday's .battled- , .WiLuaasroRT, June; 2. Major DWight, CoL K.enley, Dr. Stonv and others are safe at Winchester. " :n ' ' 1 -iycriX' -A battle ia progressing at the latest accounts from Middletownc , So aay returned.privates. ' 15 ECON D. -DISPATCH, .-V 1 j jWiLTsasrORT,' June 2.-11 is rumored here and at Harper's Ferry that Jackson wasdefeated-yesterday at JWinch ester, and wa! retreating towards Swaker Ferry. 'f. ' 'iTJIIRPDIPATCH ;lf. 'slirr uIIartiksbcro June This morning all js oniet; no indicationa .of the enemy ia the neighborhood"' . '"i rj XpLroIcd'prirat'e'tTCAr her to-J t; - 'He says that Jackson and j Afb-ty-wer Loth at V inchest ?r on Saturday at 10 0','it'i.- On rn:iy ricrr!r5tlieirf.-r3y v. -3 y : ij mot'oa ,t warJj Lr&aLuT, L-.-Ji-fi . "r- - tLi iv-U iloj tLjtcjih cT tl ti03.a tTti::-: cr.rril-.Tr-lt, ct far-f.-y.-h he'-i Crir ' ia the djcctioa cf lliciown, tlU. Le lreiehinlfartiasbw-s i .'lu tywuiMjei,,, r-" uipnt at. Middletown; where Jackson feated bJ lost ten runs; - " " Information jeceived states t"..at Jcl-n had 21 regiments of infantry and 52 fttca. AU prisoners were well treated.--'-The eIJc, sounded aad disabled, a well as the sureSE3 cftbe hospitals, rte wards and nurser, were purcled. Only a email portion Were taken aloc - v. ilk the rebel army." They "claiia' to have wca 2,000 prisoners;, 'r :' - i: --'1 I, :j:.jr .Zeis; Fboxt JioTAt, June 2. Lieut.. Jer. en, 1 f Gen. . Shield's staff, with 25 of the 1st Ci.i cavalryjQade a reconnoissance yesUruy go- - ing to Strasburg. On --"hia return he reported the enemy retreatiogvtbrough Strasburg Tery rftpidly4;:with ctheir. baggage .trains, nearly through. Gen. Bayard, with a force, was immediately ordered to pdyancejto Strasburg and cutoff the trains.; '.Tjpon arriving within A mile of Straibarg he found tha ehemyin great. force just beyond tne-yillage, and not deeming it prudent "-to - attack, halted for the- night,-. . Much firing Was heard yesterday during .tha entire day. some distance bevond Strasburg. -. Loyal blacks report that Gren. Fremont had. attacked Jackson and beaten him?- The pro-. babililiea are that Jackson will be overtakes and a great battle Cough L -. ; - ; .y-:- FEOM ff ATTACK'S J)1aPABT1EHT. . ikTEST PROH CORLOTlt ; -' Urilllant r Sbcccmss r the Cayalrr X . Sent After the Kcbela, They; Capture 'Immense Quantities " -- of Stores, "and ftiOrma, dtc y ',r v v - .. Washisctos, . June 2.-. The following-was received at, theWar-He-partment this morning; y'Ji . : :-: lli ttECxV Headqcartsss, ' - -1 ; -s. Cakp wEAa CoRiMTH, May IsC v,- J To Hon. M. Stanbny Secretary j jrar f .. The following 'dispatch has. bees received f.otn Gen Pope t . r,, ' " j ' . ?It gives me pleasure to report to-dav the bril liant success of the expedition sent out on the 28th ultrunder Col, Elliott, with the Endlewa Cavalry c: After forced r arches day and night, through a TerydifScult country, and obstructed by ihe eneray he finally succeeded in reaching: the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, at Boon esville. at two o'clock A. M on the 30th. s - He destroyed the track ia many places south . and north town,- blew up one culvert,, destroyed the switch and. track, burned uptbe depot," a locomotive and a: train of 0 cars 5y-kaded with supplies - of erery; kindj-rdestroy-. .JedlftOtX)! stand of small arms, '.three- piece " of artillery ? and, a-great qtiantity . of elothing ; and ammunition, and paroled 2,000, prisoners whom he could not keep" with his' caralry.- " The enemy had heard of hia 'movemecta and had a train of dox cars and fiat'cars- with Cy- ing artillery, and 5,000, infantry, runnirT up and down-the road to prevent him frm xe-ch- : ing it" Th w'-ATrto v- ' " tlck- - - ? subsisted on aneat alone, - sucikaa t.ey. c--li find. .- ".-..-.-..-5 -ft-.-.,-;s'- S'it-f cFpr danng and dispatch, this expedition has been distinguished in the highest decree, and entitles Col. Elliott" and his command to i.!?h distinction. The results will be emtarrariLng to the enemy and contribute greatly to their loss and demoralization. , He reports the road full of small ' parties . of the retreating eneay . scattering in all directions. v v ? -- . --.-'.-'- CoaiiTTH, May 31;.Yia Cairo June 1. " "'"A special dispitch to the Tribune says: Yesterday morning our reserved divisions were brought up, and our ;entire front moved for ward, the men having two days rations in their haversacks. 'During the day we kept up a tremendous cannonading, shelling the Woods fit-. nously.- Tbe rebels - hardly t. showed themselves but! replied feebly , with a few shots. Last night we threw up breastworks, along the entire front, and slept on our arms within one thousand yards of the enemy's breastworks. At 6 o'clock this morniirg.Gen. Pope' entered Corinth witliout the slightest' opposition. and took possession, at the same lime, the Mayor, who had came up on a different road, met Gen. Nelson and surrendered the tows to him.-There were no inhabitants remaining except ) thewomen, children and -roId menJ : The reb-els succeeded in carryiag away .absolutely everything except & few provisious.which,. yrilb. the warehouses, were burned before we arrived. They took every invalid from the hospital and every letter from- the- post oSee Th ey did not leave a single gun-, and had been moving away troops for six days, and stores more wan two weeks. The most of the troops had gone towards Grand Junction. The reb- . rear guard,' under Bragg, 10,000 strong marched southward; at midnight. - CitiEens assert positively that Beauregard was - there ia person and left with the army.' AD concur that there J were never more than 60,000 troops thereat oneerand "usually much less. .- : " - The rebel mrtificationa were five miles Jong, and extended from the Memphis and Charles ton to the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, but they- were much weaker than we supposed, a .hey . could have 'been carried 4 by. storm; at "any-. timer',-'.''- r':--f -v - ,:v--ci!';:V".i'-i-'.1-'-' "IV 'r- .. The few prisoners we have aredeserterr rom. the rebel rear guard. There ie great ir.crtif cation in our army. - I have these "detaT.a from one who was there in person.'; V -' ' ' -i--i ;:,:;'t"y.lxotririe6lacai-: y . V HiiLicrV Hxadqcaeti&s. J unt lr Residents say that the rebelshurnedCr press Creek Railroad bridge' hy misarsr&hesioiw causing the destruction of term locoinotiyea and as many trains loaded with commicsarr and quartermasters stores. ThisaccoaiiU for the smoke seen by 5 the signal corps' froxa tha-treetor. 'V41 - - .: ' - Col-Elliott and command retarned at rr de stroying the Mobile and Ohio roilroad in :ver- al places and a large amount of 6 teres.- LTo captured three piece of artiUery, CO rr. - rrtid - . . l a .1 . run ira- . pri8oneraan ww. little loss 00 our aki. He fcucd tJ?tll--i: woonded at Boooville.-v Memphis refugees report that iul t. r - 3. Ppa-haye been remoredto Crar I Ta- . t&.v-V:i.j'-:- .'- --r:.'f.J."-'-. - Is .'.Haixece's HEADirAETiz, ir. r 1. '0valry fand't'I tie t:-sti n"t' my standing. They f " zlz I nn '-?2i c . ofheef and 7,C" ") t .1 c f cnxs ia a 1 canipmewt cn t- . w v..o - sail tofcel;r-tr . c 1 . -VTber of ' t3 -3 1 .v.irr.fo-: ' 1 ii t 1!.: t - .-.ry. . v a ---i. 2 - . .-J: j.-

- .' h s ''. '" V . ... . i i -r E VOLUME 4 i ' motjnt i4-f . - -t - 1- . 1 81 1 M A rk kMmt;A :1 f T- -ITT A POTD 0lce lit Woodward llloeb, 3d 9 tor-. -hi iTZR?,I3. T-Dollri pe naut, pTbl In d ,i.tuei t2.5() jrithipcix month; f3.0Q'fter thm xpi- The Abolition &limea of Jiegro . J T7nAT-THE TAX-PAYEES ARB PAY-- ' HIO POB-TflE KXPTiRUTKWTS; i . SliobjCbOjPep Day Exd on Enii- - ; away and Vagabond Negroes. Speech 'of . Hon. W, Al . Richardson, of , Illinois, in the House of Represent- t - . .auves, nay ioo. .' , M. Richardson Mr. Chairman, I desire .'Uim morains to submit a few remarks for the ' consideration of s the House and the country - It is sot my purpose- to discuss questions per- taming to toe army aireaay in wie ueiu, waicn, if judiciously officered and managed, is able to crush out the rebellion. I shall direct my at- lention, therefore, to the consideration of some of the manr new questions which are continu ' - Hy arising duripg the progress of this terrible z.- ' " ; ' " MKCRO XQPALITT PETRH1ND WOTS. " "s Mr. Chairman, there is a manifest anxiety, an overweening deeire, a persiBtent purpose, 'upon the part of prominent members or the dominant-party in thia Government, to place - upon terms of equality and make participants 'with us in the rights of American citizenship an inferior race. The negro race, which is "in-1 capable of either comprehending or maintain-- ing any form of government by whom liberty . is intercepted as licentiousneps is 'sought to . be exalted, even at the cost of the degradation . of our,own flesh and blood.- We all remember with what intense satisfac-tion a recent Order of the Secretary of State, Mr. Seward, one of the chief clerks of the President, was received in certain quarters, be-cause it declared that no fugitive slave should .. r be retained in custody longer than thirty days, unless ''by Special Order of competen t civil authority." ; v ' : ;- " That I may do nos injiistice to the head of - the.State Jepartme'nt and his unwarranted as-v ' sumption Of power, I quote the official paper itself : : " ; ' y-: ;" ' . "DSPARTMF.MT OF StaTS, ) . ; ' , "Washinctox, Jan. 25, 1802. , "Sir : . The President of the TJnitedStates belug satisfied that the following instructions .' '. contravene no law in force in' -this District, " l and that theycan be ex'ecutedvrithout waiting . for. legislation by Congress, I am' directed by .Mm to convey then) 4.0 you ; . ; : ' " you will not receive into custody any persons claimed to beheld to set vice or labor within . ." tjis 'District or elsewhere,' and not 'charged . .witn any crime or misdemeanor, unless upon , arrest or commitment pursuant to law, as fu- '. gitives from such service or - labor ; and you : ' will not retain any such fugitives ini custody ' beyond a period of thirty davs from their ar ' rest and commitment, unless by special order oi compeieni civn aumoriiy.- . You will forthwith cause publication to be .made of- this order, and at the expiration of " ten days threfrom you will apply the same to ' all persons so claimed to be held to service or labor, and.now in your custody. , - ."Inis order bas no relation to any arrests made by military authority. - r - .j am, 6ir, your obedient servant, V '-'i. -." "WILLIAM SEWARD." raiviLEdis rOR THS : KEGRO OPPRESSION roH : . THE. WHITE MAX. While Mr. Seward was issuing this order for a general jail deliveryQf the negroes, he was alsd sending, under a usurpation of pow-'er, and jn violation of -the laws and the Constitution, hundreds of white men and -women . to nU the cells of the prisons in this District and throughout the loyal States. Against 'many of these white : men and white women thus incarcerated by this despotic Secretary of otate, no charge baa ever been made; they are imprisoned without the form, or authority of law, and this the personal liberty of the . Caucasian is ruthlessly violated, while the African is most tenderly and carefully guarded, even to toe nullification of State enactments and. the - national , statutes,. Let a rumor become, current that ft; negro has been deprived : of personal liberty-eitherin this District or Any where else and there are dozens of.'Re- publican - members upon this floor striving to obtain the attention of the House, while they may offer resolutions inquiring by what: law, by whom, when ana. where these objects of their undivided affections may have been arrested.. But never yet has any of these phi- lantnropio gentlemen made inquiry for the law : or the authority under which white American : ciUxens have been kidnapped by the State Department, dragged from their homes, and left . to pine, aDd die perchance, in some of the . many bastiles -which this Administration has . established. ... - . ' . .. . ' . It la well known, sir, that if any white citi-. jsen, perhaps; a father or brother, desires to vis-- . At a relative or acquaintance in the . military 'service of this Government, that he is obliged to seeura a. "pass"; from. some competent aur rVl thority, and to obtain this he-is required upon ; --Jiis honor to declare his Joyalty and fidelity .to .the- ..Government. ,3ui th,;;negro goest and '- -,. i comes -within, the, lines of, our ar,my, whether .: .-hia destination be toward; or from the enemy J vi the .color of the black , man la. hia -passport, 1!. ; . mvvi r a;uiucai, mi hue r pieage OI . nrf tm - mm .1 .1 jjooyr au.,wjimy upon jne pan ot arwhite . : THE XZClVnO-r 0 -WniTE CITIEXKS ft" r ' In thia j)lstrict yod. have abolished slavery '7 -Yon have abolished1! bv'ComMfttioB. -, '-addinz $1,000,000- to the national debt. nd tax of $73,000 to be paid ahnasJly; as interest .y. , -arion this sum, by1 taxes UOn the laboring white-people of these States: 17ot satisfied .wan aoipg mis mucn.ior jour especial . lavor- rite, yoa extend 'the 'freedom of .this city sirid rations to them day after dar.' nd week after y weekTatlons whichrmust be paid forthroagh i'.a e veat and toil of -tax ridden white-men;--' :re tuns surportint in." indolence huh- l i ?-any t a" cunJre of black men. ttHow ft wl-r.t ccstl am unable :to-etate v. r : relation, asking for this in- 'rf Jac?i. by th-honorable 1- :i " j . -T. cox,) it -was tn : -' - -7 ' - zt.iCia.TaaioTitT i..- i c. .3 Xlcw3e These . . : . . I J 1 1 i ;r-Uoa gd to .try; u.... ..oai4? crjosure 'Vrur. away nerroes ih .'this country who'chpose f" 'r to - vioit the District of 'Columbia.- Yc4-'f issue which a truthful reply to such inquiry-"wo(ld make. ?The resolubori of Mr Cox Also asked fork the namber of - negroes employed as. teamsters in the army, and at what -wages : but this was equally objectionable, for it would have illustrated the fact that negroes by the hundred are? receiving - better . pay as brivers than our own ;wbite sons and hrothers are for Deriliner their lives as soldiers m the. defense of the Union and' the Constitution Having been thus - deprived Of obtaining official information upon these- questions, I am obliged to gatberny statistics from such sour ces as JLcan. 1 shall, make no statement that i nave not received iroro respectaDie ana res ponsible parties, and none which I do not con ceive to be rather under than over the true es timate. The Government is to day issuing rations (to, about two tnousana negroes in mis iisirici alone, that cost over twenty cents per ration $400 per day; ih violation of law, is being paid for this purpose. .1 he Government is hmns in the District several hundred negroes, some as teamsters and some for other Durooses. to the exclusion of white laborers, thousands of whom, together with their wives and children. in our large cities, are suffering for the want of employment. .1 speak advisedly when 1 say that the Republican party are' already paying, of tax-gathered money, in this District alone, over three hundred thousand dollars - per annum to buy, clothe, feed and exalt the African race. Thus for the negro ; you expend ' more in a single year in the District of. Columbia than you appropriate for the Government and protection of all the people in all the organized Territories of the United States. The negro is made superior, in your legislation, to the pioneer white men that settle the great West, and, amid hardships and dangers, lay the. foundations of new commonwealths the hardiest and noblest men of our common country.So the people are taxed yearly more for the benefit of the black race ia this District alone than it costs to maintain the burdens of State government in either Iowa, Michigan, Minne-soto, Wisconsin, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Delaware or Maryland. ONE HVSDIID THOUSAND DOLLARS PER DAT EXPESDID OX lAZT KEGROES. But it is not in this District alone that you require the people to pay tribute to the idol of your affections. Wherever you find ourarmy, with one or two honorable exceptions, you will find that hundreds of rations are being issued daily to unemployed negroes who rendezvous in and about the camps ; wherever the army is, they are being employed in various capacities at good wages, and to the utter extension of white labor, that now languishes in irksome idleness throughout our country. I stattf , therefore, and I th ink truthfully, " that the Government is already paying $100,000 per day for the support and employment of ne-eroes paylu g iL too," out of money, raised through the toil deprivations and taxation of our own kith and kinr " : In my-dtrici"Mrv Cliairman. my constituents ar selling corn at eight cents' per bushel, in oraer to support tneir. Tamil lesmd -roain-J tain the honor and integrity- T,of. 4ur Govern-, metit. Shall money thus raised and for such As dwvite tlMMfauSggfttBf the African 7 Will my people, will the people anywhere, indorse the party and the Admin istration that thus seeks the elevation of the negro, even at the cost of ruin to their own race ? . .-. ' ' TUB KECRO PLACES CPON AN . EQCALITT WITH ; ; ; OCR SAILORS AMD SOLDIERS. . One might suppose that your ardor in the care and protection of th 3 negro would step and cool here ; but no, you co still further.- Having made him your equal r as a civilian, you now seek to place him on the same level with American sailors . and soldiers. First came the order of the Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Welles, as follows i ; . 'NAvr Department, April 30, 1862. "Sir : The approach of the hot and sickly season upon the Southern coast ofthe United States renders it imperative that every precaution should be used by the officers commanding vessels to continue the excellent sanitary condition of their crews. -The large -'number of persons known as 'contrabands' flocking to the protection of the United States flag affords an opportunity to provide in every department of a snip, especially for boats' ;crews, acclimated labor. The 1 flag- officers are required to obtain the services of these persona for the country by enlisting them freely in the navy, with their consent, rating them as boys, at eight, nine, or ten dollars per mouth, and one ration. Let a monthly return be made of the number of this class of persons employed on each vessel tinder your .command. I am, respectfully, your obedient servant, " ' "GIDEON WELLES." Under the plea of the approach of the sickly season, Mr. Welles issues this order ; under the same plea the negro may be called into any service in the South, though the sickly season, and the terrible, effect it might have upon our army and navy, was not thought of by any Republican official until recently. Having made thia progressive step , in our navy (as my colleague from the Bureau District Mr. Lovejoy would call it), it remains to be emulated in our army. Not long does it await an imitator; General D. M. Hunter, commanding in the military department of tuuiu varouaa, ueorgis ana r lorida, issues an order to enroll companies, regiments and brigades of, negroes in the militarv service of the United States. . : :. Thus, in less than two years after the ac cession to power of the; Republican party, the ucru jo umuc, im tar as possipie, ne equal or the white man'as a oivilian, a sailor and a sol dier, way, more than this, the Constitntinn is violated mat white men mar be: bereft of guaranteed rights. White men are' stripped of'the armor of American citizenship in order that the negro may b cloth ed; therein'.1.5 All this has been done against the earnest protest of all, consenraiive men,' And propositions and amendments to-bills appropriating - money for the suppression of this rebellion, which provided that no moneys , should be diverted either to the freeing"; the" support fer 'the enlist ment or negroes, bare been invariable Voted aown .oy the KepuDliean party in this House. Worse than this even, General Huoter.'in his zeal forthe.negro; wHhdraws-the' protec tion or, nis army from the ldyal citizens.vof Jacksonville, Ffoilda, order1; to "perfect h great negro boardin is mili- uiy academy at the mouth r the Savaonah flTeif:TrThia!f-,l?d?ubtdly in harmony With his brilliant duearv th.-iu- f ahd martial law . are' ucounatibT.;wliin. A mm'ds have heretofore tmAm-i i and slavery, either for whites or blacks, amoW the.most -concordant -institution i npou arth jhia proclamAtory commander.' L-:.u.. : profunty with the Inamortal General Pheioa! hundoubtedly coheiders martial . law , the. casset jewei 01 American' libertvvf. -' . llj mind.'1-Ir. Chairman; revolts at the idea cTtd:rcS2 he cit:zen: soUicry of ray country to tLi hTel cf the co. v LIr its An erica a vol-nttcr L-3 ZLlivays been car reliance in pckua tt awou in itar.iuncr-iiw ed, and yoa win ad the ATcluntecr fcrpiy cf . thertJhion 'Opposed alhe'jMUalizltioS, ranks of fdiiztogrM'ta u: '?:(HaVinBia"m5h?enoT6 foV the'negToes of the United tstatea, ' jt:jwoTiid, eem' tnatjyonr But, no;"you iiow; go wandering. mo.ng-;t$e. islands of the seav'andver-.the cdntmentS Of tne gioDe, in 'pursuit -oi negro prinxipuuiiwa atad republics which yon may recognize among the powers of the earth.;.-, ITayti , and. .Liberia furnish.further matter for jour infatuation k to fatten upon,' and you at once proceed to establish diplomatic relations between' the- TJhited States and these benighted and hal&made par- At an annual expense of thousands of -dol lars, you propose io' receive hegro 'diplomats, from them and send United States 'Minisfrs to them ; indeed are yon all the champions pf negro equality, without regard to oost, ; place, This Congress has been in session", nearly eiffht months, and all that : I have reviewed you have done, and more you would do if you. couJd, for the negro. ; What have you accomplished for the white roan ? Have yott prov AoA far th TMvment of DensionS to thesoidierm who have been disabled" while fighting the battles of your country t Have you approprir ted money to relieve tne wan is aaq uoccestMues of the widows and orphans of white men who have Perished upon the' battle-fields' defending the Constitution and the flag of the eonntryj. Ah.no! your time has been too- muca en- crossed with - the. .negro---' to..think '..of . these things. You have not aiDropriated one- dol lar for these purposes purposes which should enlist the ability, and the sympathy "of every patriot in the land; - ' v-; -' .. ! ' If. this statement is incorrect ; if this R nublican party or.its Administration have ev er made a single effort in behalf of the maim ed soldiers.a single appropriation for the support of the orphans and widows of ! slain sol diers, I hops' some gentleman upon the. other side of the House will correct - me. .There ; is no response, and I am reassured in the correctness of mv assertion by your silence. The al- leviation of sufferings of white men r vthe protection or ineir rtgnis is not m your aine 01 - . . . - - Tf ., . . . 1? phuautbropy. iiKe your iimstnous ..prototypes, Mrs, Jellaby, of the Bori-ho-la-ga, mission, or the Rev. 4'Am5nidah Sleek" in the E lay of The Serious- Farnity to -the political ranch of which you Abolitionists, will soon belong, your sympathies are never .active - in behalf of practical andgenume . Deneypience. REASONS AGAINST EQUALIZING THE RACES., Mr. Chairman, I am opposed to all "these 'sickly 6ch ernes for ' equalizing the negroes God made: the white man superidfto thebUek and no legislation will undo or change- the de crees of Heaven. s They are unalterable as the laws of natureteternal fis Divinity Itself, and to legislate against them: leads lis to" infldelity and . ruin Since creation' dawned the white race haa ids proved, and advanced So the-, scale of being, but as the.pegfO-,w8s tlien.,eOs he; is now. "But." an' the Abolitionists: " the Af rican has been blessed with po opportunity for improvement." 'Whor give the white .man an ODDOrtu n Itr f ; r God. I iiiJiis infin its iustice; - pla- Ced the two caces upon the earth, at the.pfgio- Hn2 ffJ' ""kjC" tltcic.rqpeytive times. . History has laiLhtulIy. recorded their confidently appeal for the- verification -of j the white man's superiority. As God made them so they remained, and, Unlike 'the - Abolition equalizationists, I find no fault and utter no complaint against the wisdom and justice ' of our Creator. " ' : r-:' - '' -' - 3 - -;- '. 'The evils of the attempted-equalization -of the races is illustrated by the history of Mexico.. That country was settled by the intelligent Spaniard," a race liol "inferior to onr own ancestors; Thev developed the resources of the country by building roads highways and' canals. All along, their, line .of .march the church and the school house were erected as landmarks of their progress.-' But finally the idea of the equalizing of the races becanie popular; the-attempt was made, the -races were' commingled, and thenceforward the deterioration of the people Was rapid and fearful. .This holds true, not only iri Mexico and throughout Central and Southern America, but in. all sections of . the globe, wherever the white race has commingled with the block or the Indian,. This system of .equalization, has failed to elevate the inferior, out has always degraded the superior race. On the other hand, wherever the purity of the -white race has been preserved, its superiority baa continued, and its. development, both mental and physical progressed. Neither soil nor climate, upon this contir nent of elsewhere, has ever lowered the.etand-ard Of the rover n in? race! -.' v.. . . For three quarters of a century the United I fctates have led the van in au that is great or useful in inventions. ' We hare : made : ari errand boy Of the lightning; we have applied steam as a propelling power, c In a single year we have demonstrated the frailty of "England's wooden walls," by the cohstructio'n -of our iron-clad ships of war, and, at the same time; by the same thought, dissipated all previously entertained opinions of sea coast and harbor fortifications. Sir, I am satisfied 'with the his,-tory df the races as ' they : are, as they5 were created, and as our fathers legislated for them. I claim ; no originality .forthese . thoughts ; they have, been entertained by 'some "of the ablest statesmen.Tiot only of 'our country tuf of England among them Mr? Canning, ' who, when the British Parliament was considering schemes kindred to those now occuping the at tention of the xtepuoucan, party n this country, said:.4 ;,-- " '; ' ;' '" vr":.... ; ."In dealing with the negroaiwe'rmast remember that we are dealing with a beirig pos sessing the form and etreorth Kf axnan but I ioe ioieuec( ouy , 01 (a .cqno., . 10 turn ,111m loose in the manhood ot his physical strength, in the maturity Of his physical 'passions, hut in the infancy' of " his nninetmcted' reason; would be to raise up a creature resembling the splendid fiction of: a reeent romance the hero of which constructs a human form," with all the corporeal ''capabilities' 'of man'ahd - with the thews and sinews" of a 'giant bat,:: being nnable to impart to the work' of hia -hands" a perception. of .right andf wrong, .he finds too late tnat he has only created a more than mortal power of doing mischief; fand ' himself .rer coils from the monster he has made.' - ; ' ; One of their great statesman. Of to-day; Lo'rd John Russell, whenever he alluded to the blaek rase ia.Am erica and to a change of its' statu. a-IT : i v. ti ;, i:I.lL.L::i-.vr. hum .ouiy vi K erj grauuai emancipation, oe-causehe knows that sudden' and UBCondition-' ' al would be destrectlon .to "both the oegro nd the. white man.' British. statesman -ornosed : immediate emancipation, upon the grounds but BiBU.uuuu wc Eruuuu ,wat ua vuueutuiiuH gives no power to ininuc wna vut ' uuaieuuc institutions of the Tseveralrtates-rnd : such nowep either in neaceor in ; war.f jj.'-.'I.r'i-! ,. But to. reach the, coal cf their ..hopes, the AboIitionistsof thia country lire Villin to overriu3 expediency, the law, and 113 Costi-tutlon to destroy the Covernme-1 itaelf.s ia order to 'emjncips.tioa'et one a ell the slaw? cf tne toma, . . --.scixtts rn rts jsjj.tr ts r- ' : EIr, I Hi i.e-t C" " , il.'. eiieratioa jpf the t ; . r 4 . , , 1 -AI "V t5 tZ-.3'CC: ire resting upon Our country is menaced by Secessiomstalo armsi: rebels uponjoaejiand, and byrAbolitiooists, nulli3ers of the lawsMd the Constitntio.h upon the other, v Sir, I ipro-poseJbulIets for the fbrrnc, ballots for th'elat-teri These two' elassei disposed Of, and ther will ha ahtnrn to theerrosperitT.-t the eace and happiness of the earlier daya; of the v Re trablio. Sir.-tbese armies, were .raised to exe1 ecnte the laWs and maintain . the amh6rity' tf the Constitdtion in ell the States Theyy are;: air. to sarmresa armed violatbrs of that-matr) ment -And, sir, it remains fbr,the;4eople t the ballot box. to suppress these Jofihern violators of ,4h CsJJtnjkJrtlf tbey would pre serra .tne. ngnw . y-, aiayncso 1a .--5 it d-Wv'l ThVsen'eitoVofeoyies ioW48jn6wJiA in '0en,cCldIan Vm his paper; as follows s n :..' -ttat i i -, ;t "' We' hae neter dare tdliope -thaf ih5 in- terests or tne country coria oe Deneniej"j ine Rerm blican jart ifjb.it th at anyw iseOr v benefit eial policy 'could be eithe-jtOnceiyed or ex4cu-ted'by the aisCordaht;1 fanaticaUVnd heferoge- neonseiementswnicnjcomposertnat,party.--But" we had' hoped, that: while nothing could be expected. from their wisdOiorpatrio'tisuV; that the desire of place and Of power Woii Id re- . -m V ' . R- . mm, . "-- .-f '-.' strain tne leaaers tromaeyising sen ernes, wnicu while they Would be :minons to the 'Coon try; wonld be fhtalt6' themsely'esv' This expecta-. tion has,- hdweVef,' been :uerly disappointed, for a. scheme,' -nionstrouis in itSobject, terrible in its consequences, odions isrits everyfeatare, nas oeen xne nt product or a party wnose.. principles and leaders have done Sd'-much Hdruin" the Republics 1 ViJ?W- i.:;-r;'tar.T: f -Negro emancipation, as it is called,v isthis precious fruit.'ofiRepobllcaa; power. Thia ;ia neither more nor less haa; ao , agreement-on the part of , the Government of the .United States, to purchase (he negroes " of ariy. Blaye State that is willmg to emancipate 1 its slaves." In other words, it has been resolved. by. Cqn-gre8s thathe Government shall be converted into a slaregeaey-' purchase negroes at the market price; and that price.' ia to: be' wrung by taxation fron the pockets, of the tax-payers lof the- North,., who .. emancipated, their ;negraes Without demanding- Or receiving "a ddllar iof compensation from the United fstates "Govern ment" " H ? r-i jMjyA.'rjj j.;; .. The faith of the Government has.,hesnsol-em-nly. pledged to. make this . purchase of ne groes, by a' resolution which passed the HonseaJ colof ana it- was so adopted in-opppsition to the rotes and .Opinions ,o 'a,fWi Democratic members of Congress who ha ve5 seats in either House. The whole.ehee isth'e peculiar property of the 4puhlicahs, wh"o have the able honor of originating and adopting it,' and who are thus redeeming their promise of " two dol- tare a - aay-na- roat -ee i ii-is.a.Bcaeme w.orthy of. the party frdr p-hetjceit.came, A"s if (the,taxe8 ,to anstain- tlw war,'which - every sufficiently; burdensome; a if ruined trade; de pressed industry, and - stagnant commerce, Were burdens: too little, the. people are j to be taxed still further,, to raise the millions that will be necessary to buy the worthless negroes in order to gratify a few fanatical Abolitionists, whom it is the interest of the Republican-Administration to conciliate. The faith of- the country, and the money of the . tax payer are thus recklessly, pledged by a Kepubhcan .President and Congress to this stupendous outrage; and the Republican presses are ; loud in their approval of the measure. -' " But the. sxtong&oea not end here. What U behind isworse. '' For the expense of huy ing the negroes, large,' as it will be, is only an lteir in the i)ill which the burdened tax-payer will have to foot in consequence : of the pur chase. "'The' negroes thus bought bv the Government old and young, infirm and able will spread all over the North. .They will compete with the white laborers they .will. lower, the price of labor for both men and . women, and even for mechanics. ' ' They Will enter our public schools; they will be ' imprisoned in our jails; they will swarm our jalms houses, and we will be taxed to educate and. nurture their young, as well as to' provide for and bury their old. The consequences "are inevitable for every emancipated aegrp will rush to the , North as the. Israelites of old went to uanaan, exr pepting to. findi .fli land 'flowing' ith milk and honey. 'When 'ooc ' herei they: will be , toq poor. to Eooacavana we win nave toproviae for. them . ' ' Th e white .citizen will,1 and must be taxed toi support the enlancipated negroes whom he. has 'emancipated ' and; paid forz'and Vhen groaning under the burden; let' him remember that a Republican President originated, a Repu,-blicajangress adPpfced-and Republican press applauded this monstrous schemer- of ''robbery.' We have no fear that it will-be -foreotten. r It will be remembered when the time of out crimi nal courts is consumed in trying segrocrimmala and our county expenses are .increased, by the coat of maintaining, those prisoners io tha jail andf tne, penitentiary, , xt win . pe reconeciea When the : exnensea- of ' our ' alms Houses4 are dqubled, by the negroe Inmates, who. will flock them. v It : wilj b'l'lhooght'.-tif-fsKetfBesr. school houses are to be built, in order to ao commodatft-.the Jiejrra. children who. under our School lawe-ar?, f ntjUed Ut ty. onr school eystemj ana wnen the . couarent n white citizens are reciting in the same 'classes and settlnjr' bn'fthe 'same-' benches" With: the children ofthe released slaver. It will- not he forsotten When the white laborer', wages JareH diminished One-tbint by thewm petition ofthe negro, withv nomHne wi w txunpeiiect - to work side by Bide at hia-tdailT;. laborer -And It will be recollected --when treble rtaxea safe. de manded by the collector; ia order todefray the expenses thus incurred V k- y-,.rw . , - ThariViT?? Gc&iox CIrii Wax. l i ! writes $ j vctt'arf.itu; i2.1tl?. 'The first act of record pf this Government sincejhe prohibition of Slave. trale:r was yet terday made Tthe' lJistnciljajstincU'la thenterestr of treont'H-S..V4 '' li;th.ewriteff 'contwnes ) :ft4S-- .Whiie looking at the ecene oa thfiootQ? the Honsei i thanked Gtyijar even this ic(rr koilh its wesni4Mpeciiva. misery, and sveritiff ABwnitingrQgijwfr ipr-IM9 - Civu wari Why? theYverr ghofts of tbe ratriotio. slain from Bull Jiun - to Pi ttsburg 1 Landing,: must scowl, from their gory graves; and squeak and God; whose- name is' thua . taken larAin, -.was havex!-lthel-r: tsncl r-:i tLi3 p r. trynll.vy t: .! 1 cr r i t ff -, --ever I .1 1 ' - ' i - ..i-cic-lts- ;- ;n th? cona- p u rvn r - - :rc twenty.yen and tLirt rc-ri r o; "peaceitbly working-out;' Ilia e";'-Y wkca tVcre stepped ia thest$ dsvil3iiccr.r--.it: cf. vr? rJtr?:&nrf -who ihe preSS:"1 the riehf 'to bail to trial br iurir etci, and to be ground ih taxeS therefore, roa- ilcCLELIAH IllSPORTliG ! A DesperatoBattle -Near sfiiBf-Jba-S.- -.7- - f TrTrT'i Tha- -Federals TAaka Brilliarxt: Bayonet .i Charees.-r-Tlie Enemy; -llnJse4.-r--The f t Rebel ? Loss - Enonnotia.--A. -:. Complete 'ykl&r. hha'ii : ;cw4BH WtOJfi; J-um.-.Il.1 The following dispatch .was received at the fW Department this afternoons"' 1 W have had a desperate battle, jri which the corpse (Jenerala Suniroer, H.emtzelman and .xx.eyes.:wererengHgea against' ereauv superior bumberso iTeeterday. at one- oclock, the ene- ny, taking &4 vantage of a terrible storm, which noodetl the, valley o the: AJbickahominy, : at tacked, our right flank. v GeaCasey 's division wnicu ,waa ;in tne nretsiiae,- gave, way , unac countably. r This cause4,temporary confusion; daring which the guns land baggage, were lost, but Jfeintzelmaor and Kearnev. most crallantlr hrought. up their troops, which checked the enemy, At the same time I succeeded, by.great cAsruvn 4u uripsing across urens.eagwicK ana 'Riohardscm' Divisions... who drove back the enemy at the point of the bayonet, coveringthe ground, with his dead, , . ; Th ia morning the ene my auempt(K to renew the conflict, .but . was eysrywDftrcrepmsed. ... w e 4iaver. taken many prisoners, among whom are Gen.- Pettigrew ana voirtong.. :-,;.;-; .'- v . r.r. - .. . Our loss heavy, and the enemy's must have been enormous - T .. . - , ; . . . ; ,. '1 . ; Excepting, Casey's Division the men be hayed splendidly.. Several fine bayonet char ges: were made, n '.-' - - -, - . ?-,(Sigoe , v vGf B, MLEtliAN. .:.,,... .. . . ,.WASHiNCtoN, June 2J s iiieultenant .FrankC- Davis of A veriU'sThirxi Ten H8V 1 va h ia" cav al ry was dispatched on Sun day last with a small squad to open communication , between the land forces and the gunboats, opposite CityToint on the, James River, and be'accomplisb-ed; his "errand- in a style so handsome,-and so rmounted such difficulties in doing H, tha he has been thanked by the Com-mandiiig General iq.a public order,. : ,', , ' : ' .TJie .Lieutenant reports . the '.Galena very much'cut up by' enemy's" shotl". ' The batfery she was engaged- witb -mounted- thirty Iarsre gan.. Alot of shot -are still sticking in her below: the ye&tettinlXg'- Indications' are fast increasing that "General '' Sigel may be'desfgnated for Ithe command of theroops in the Valley of Vrrgini.? 7 During' the whole,of the battle of thUmOrn- ing,; Prof., Lowe's balloon was oyerlookinig the scene at an altitude of 2,000 feet. Telegraphic communication from the 'balloon5 to ' General 3rcClella"riV and m direct communicatinn with inentlrfsry w!?3,wsft(?ncc'e?sfbllyinaintniBed. erat or. , very movement of the enemy yras ob v ious and i nstan tly ' reported; ' Tli is is ' be .rftjiji.Hft; ",f;. -j- fr ..Jtjmmmrmmrfm lieved to be the first time that balloon recon- noisance has been successfully made during a battle, and certainly, the first time the telegraph station nas been established in the air to re port the mdvements of an enemy, and the progress of a battle. The advantage to Gen. Mcr Clellan must have been Immense.' t '"' "';- '--" Washingtok, : June 2. v JLispatcnc8 oi an unomcial character, re ceived from the headquarters . of the-Army of tbe;irotoniac, say that tne importance and di-mchsions of our vietory increases as they are rnrther Particulars" of the Battle-Before '.--.-'-". .-' - Richjnoad. ?. v , , vt- -'s''. ' AfcCLELLAs's Headquarters, 1 - - -. June 2 18G2 J Two .days of the' battle of Richmond has been fought;' in both of which yre are victorious. Loss on both sides beav v. - v . yThe attack comioenced ati 1; o'clock Saturday,, by Hi U's Division of five rolel brigades. mostly "from "South CaVoIIna'. irgtma and Georgia, aitJcLing Casey's Divwiun ' near the turnpike leading. over Bottom's bridge. Th to. ight - was -disastrous -' to-us. Casey 's urigaae wan torced - to retreat -before: superior numbersleaving all. their cam n eauippagaand Kia oawejie.. ...... -. . . :, ... ;. . ., ... ... l 1 n . . : J .... , ' Colonel Bauy, in endeavoring to save the batteries, was killed. - Some pf the Pennsylvania and New York troops behaved very badly, and many officers were killed in at tern pt- -ing. -to rally ..their men, , General ileiutzel-man ordered up a portion of. Kearney's and Hooker's Divisions. ' The former charged the -Rebels with - the bayonet, driving them like sheep. and regaining, the .lost ground, except nail -iaue, won utguiuoseu tneir operations. SumirterV 2dJJiyisiooi composed of Sedgwick' and Richardson's Brigades, crossed the Chick-ahbminy at 3 celock Saturday afternoon taking a' position on Heinzelman's right." Here they 11 encountered -Lonestreet's. Rains' " and Hughes Division v composed .of the flower of tie rebel armyw . "1 be fighting was desperate ; every inch being hotly contested;. The enemy stood fire, but in every instance fled before 1 he bayonet. . -These two divisions did nobly; ' driving tbV rebels from every point. 4 ii . j vWe have .taken fiome 500 prisoners, among whom are several prominent officers. On Sunday, as soon - ai !it was light; the fightras renewedby General Sumner Twith ni&rked success, tte . fiht Jabting nearly the wholeday.r The -rebehV wereidnven back at :yery point.; with' heavy- tassv Tha.)gronnd fsined by jCren, uiuner waa about, two and. a alfoUcs x . i. - .'.;,;?.--r , - j',. Gen. Heintzelman. succeeded, on Svindar mbrnifig,'ih retaking the ground - lost the day oeioreoy iijeu.xusey, : aiier a. severe strug- H Oar "1I0S8 ;in - the two. day's cngagemeet.in killed and wounded! ia about 2O0L At great number are-missing who will probably return, hiviBg strayed a way All thev enemy killed and moat of their i Wotmdcd &11 ' into ! onr handed The country inwhich thr battle was I m . a 1 . -. . 5.1 . ft I ft , r iouguv-JBowBoipT.wii.it t.uicjc unaerurusiL. iia 'most ot the 'fighting' wasin tha wood.; O wing Fto-thr nature: of the ground -rray little artillery waensea'i jota oauoonsi were mp neaxry Mil dairyesterdayj Ali the troops left; Richmond ad marched out in the-direction of the battlefield. The Railroad chas beett. of-inestimable ftalptraA.-. t a ym mntiiiitw mwll Kill m tn!!. m nl . m half f ihehae-fieldy-briagia forward iam munition and supplies. tv ! ' Tha-Woiinde4 wer imtnediately pat' aboard tie cars and sent ta.TTLIie House.- i- J s'Geaeral McClc'.Iaa axi ived on the lattle-ifipl 3 on Caturday eyeain c trherrha has -.remained ever sioce, idlrccticg&ll ?t!te '.xaoyements''in per: 03."- His 7 re ;n c 2 'err. ?r j tL e tr 007 hJ a r.;c '. t: lnZ'.Z t :t.,' -----N -.'1 1 . . . . . . w 1 j'c: :t vr e -J-i .- -si- .'j v, irs--1 III w 1 er. .:. 3 .;tc. rs 1 .2 1- ientenabi'Washinan'Aid- iQeneral'j - iiuuiuud, wu uuen prisoner. ' .- : . - j . The enemva dead left on 4he'field amoani to ATff 1 .9(Vi . i-.r..?-.-. -cf . !..., r.... . .v. f a ounuea . twice in ,iae arms. CoL Miller of the 151st J- Pennsvlyaniav k and CoL'' Kinney of. Pitfibur were killed. Col. CampDell of Pennsylvania; was wounded m the Headquarters Arjct or THr i Potomac June, 2d,; 1852. .; rThe rebel officers were nnable to raUy their troops this morning' and have retreated hack toward" Richmond. " Our men have moved forward to Fair Oak," five miles from the city. Jeff.' Davis and Letcher were both at the fight yesterday. The dea4.are.now being gathered and buried. ".,', ' -' . "f " All the wounded and many of the dead have oeen sent to w nite House bv railroad.? it is impossible to obtain any correct list of the casualties of the past three days.; j . ;.' From' lemont's Department; . Gen. Fremont Iueets & Routs s .Jackson! . . . . Fremont's Headquabtebs, : T ; : Near Strasbcro, June I. V i . Gen. -Fremont, with a strong column, left Franklin last Sunday, and has crosse! the Shenandoah Mountains, marchingnear a hundred miles with little means of transportation i . i ana no suppues in ne country., 4 bis . morning, five .miles from Strasburg, he OTcrtook t. .? i.tt . , . tsucitsua jii juii. reireai wun .nis wnoie :. iorce, on the road fromT Winchester to 8trasburg. Col.' Claseret, commanding the advance brig ade. come upon the- enemy strongly : posted vith artillery, which .opened as soon as the head of his column appeared. Gen. Fremont brought his main column rabidly up and formed line of battle. : - .: . JackBon declined to fight and while holding Claseret in check with a portion of his troops withdrew Lis main force and continued" his re-? treat. - Ih the skirmish' five of the8th-Virginia and two of the fiOlh'Ohio were wounded.- The enemy's loss is 'nnknown; J: 25 prisoners were taken by our cavalry. . , , ; .,-r-" : Lieut. Col. Downey, 3d . Regiment Potomac Home Brigade, in a skirmish on 'Thursday morning, drove: a large party of Ashbys cav alry through ' Wardenville, . killing two -and wounding. others... a 4 -.- : ...... . .. . v " - " Fremont's. He adquartees, 1 ; . -:--'-"-:,; Neer 'Strasburg, 'June 2..; j Gen.' Fremont's advance brigade." under Col Claseret, occupied Strasburg last .night . without resistance, Jackson rapidly .Tetreating.be- iore-jour lyryes. mianiput, ireconnoissanc three miles- beyond Strasburg,' .came upon rope' barricade and ambush of Jackson's rear guard 5 pur" -trooper XittirehhS only three Wounded.Vr; ! r"5'"' i '"'-.:-- CoL Figgelmenii;;of Fremont's staff, whh. only 15 men, charged and' put to flight a body of cavalry commanded by Ashby ih person. "; - Woodstocr:, Ya., June 3u-r-The enemy was. driven out oft Strasburg' last eyeningl by Gen. Fremont's guard', and have been closely pursued to-day by his forces and Gen;- Bayard's cavalry brigade.: ii -.i ,;;.-'-;:, . ' . They have several times made stands, and skirmishing has been constantly going onv but with trifling loss on both sides. ' : r ' - --One of : Gen.-Bayard's command was killed, and. Col; Pillsons Chief of Artillery and one of Gen. Fremont's Aids were wounded.: . . - The enemy are now encamped about three miles, beyond Woodstock. We are holding the village.-'-' - - ''.f ""vi--'V :-' -- - ; We .have taken about 300 prisoners, and more are being brought in constantly.' "- Fremontb Headqcarters, "l V - v" v W.00DSTOCE, Va.,. June 2. .. j! Gen Fremont after occupying Strasbure last night was obliged by the darkness and tremendous storm and the fatigue of his men, to delay h ia . advance . till -morn ing. At . 6 o'clock the pursuit of the retreating enemy was resum? ed, and vigorously continued during the day. uerr. Jictioweirs advance being part of a brig ade under5' Gen) Bayard, reached. Strasburg tnis morning, and was ordered iorward by Gen. r remont to join in tne pursuit, with tne cavalry and artillery." The enemy, to letard the pursuit, endeavored to make a stand in three strong" positions with artillery, bat were driven rapidly and with loss each time. - . . Jackson's rear guard passed through Woodstock this . afternoon, the head of his column having reached it at sunrise. ' Col. Pilson, chief of artillery on' Geit. Fremont's staff, and who selected with great skill the" "successive position for the batteries,- is wounded by the fall of his horse, which was shot under him while reconhoitering, within 30 yards of the enemy. - ""-"' -' -''. - "-. : :: The batteries engaged were Schiermer's and Buell's, of Gen.'Stahrs brigade. - ' - '- : ;The 1st New -York -and let Pennsylvania cavalry' under Gen. Bayard, and the 6th Oh id and Stewart's Indiana cavalry,' under Col. La-gorey,: were in the advance, driving the enemy before them; and in support of the batteries. ' The road and woods were strewn with arms', stores and clothing." "A large number of prisoners have been taken.- Our loss is one killed and several, wounded. - - . . V,' - Gen. Fremont's rapid march, combined with Gen. McDowell's rapid movements, has wholly relieved the Shenandoah Valley and Northern -Virginia. : '' ; '" .'' "-'''' ' .-' ' -7 . JackBon will . be' 'overtaken ; and fbreed. to fight or must abandon his ground entirely.-". : Washihoto"1 June 2.-- Information has been received at the War Department to-night that Fremont has encountered and beaten the enemy near .Strasburg, '; yesterday-' and f thia morning, a jpart of Jackson's army which is in full retreat. - : -. . Advices from the Army of the Potomac, dated this afternoon, show no fighting to-day-..' ' Oor advance ia considerably in front of the position occn pied before Saturday's .battled- , .WiLuaasroRT, June; 2. Major DWight, CoL K.enley, Dr. Stonv and others are safe at Winchester. " :n ' ' 1 -iycriX' -A battle ia progressing at the latest accounts from Middletownc , So aay returned.privates. ' 15 ECON D. -DISPATCH, .-V 1 j jWiLTsasrORT,' June 2.-11 is rumored here and at Harper's Ferry that Jackson wasdefeated-yesterday at JWinch ester, and wa! retreating towards Swaker Ferry. 'f. ' 'iTJIIRPDIPATCH ;lf. 'slirr uIIartiksbcro June This morning all js oniet; no indicationa .of the enemy ia the neighborhood"' . '"i rj XpLroIcd'prirat'e'tTCAr her to-J t; - 'He says that Jackson and j Afb-ty-wer Loth at V inchest ?r on Saturday at 10 0','it'i.- On rn:iy ricrr!r5tlieirf.-r3y v. -3 y : ij mot'oa ,t warJj Lr&aLuT, L-.-Ji-fi . "r- - tLi iv-U iloj tLjtcjih cT tl ti03.a tTti::-: cr.rril-.Tr-lt, ct far-f.-y.-h he'-i Crir ' ia the djcctioa cf lliciown, tlU. Le lreiehinlfartiasbw-s i .'lu tywuiMjei,,, r-" uipnt at. Middletown; where Jackson feated bJ lost ten runs; - " " Information jeceived states t"..at Jcl-n had 21 regiments of infantry and 52 fttca. AU prisoners were well treated.--'-The eIJc, sounded aad disabled, a well as the sureSE3 cftbe hospitals, rte wards and nurser, were purcled. Only a email portion Were taken aloc - v. ilk the rebel army." They "claiia' to have wca 2,000 prisoners;, 'r :' - i: --'1 I, :j:.jr .Zeis; Fboxt JioTAt, June 2. Lieut.. Jer. en, 1 f Gen. . Shield's staff, with 25 of the 1st Ci.i cavalryjQade a reconnoissance yesUruy go- - ing to Strasburg. On --"hia return he reported the enemy retreatiogvtbrough Strasburg Tery rftpidly4;:with ctheir. baggage .trains, nearly through. Gen. Bayard, with a force, was immediately ordered to pdyancejto Strasburg and cutoff the trains.; '.Tjpon arriving within A mile of Straibarg he found tha ehemyin great. force just beyond tne-yillage, and not deeming it prudent "-to - attack, halted for the- night,-. . Much firing Was heard yesterday during .tha entire day. some distance bevond Strasburg. -. Loyal blacks report that Gren. Fremont had. attacked Jackson and beaten him?- The pro-. babililiea are that Jackson will be overtakes and a great battle Cough L -. ; - ; .y-:- FEOM ff ATTACK'S J)1aPABT1EHT. . ikTEST PROH CORLOTlt ; -' Urilllant r Sbcccmss r the Cayalrr X . Sent After the Kcbela, They; Capture 'Immense Quantities " -- of Stores, "and ftiOrma, dtc y ',r v v - .. Washisctos, . June 2.-. The following-was received at, theWar-He-partment this morning; y'Ji . : :-: lli ttECxV Headqcartsss, ' - -1 ; -s. Cakp wEAa CoRiMTH, May IsC v,- J To Hon. M. Stanbny Secretary j jrar f .. The following 'dispatch has. bees received f.otn Gen Pope t . r,, ' " j ' . ?It gives me pleasure to report to-dav the bril liant success of the expedition sent out on the 28th ultrunder Col, Elliott, with the Endlewa Cavalry c: After forced r arches day and night, through a TerydifScult country, and obstructed by ihe eneray he finally succeeded in reaching: the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, at Boon esville. at two o'clock A. M on the 30th. s - He destroyed the track ia many places south . and north town,- blew up one culvert,, destroyed the switch and. track, burned uptbe depot," a locomotive and a: train of 0 cars 5y-kaded with supplies - of erery; kindj-rdestroy-. .JedlftOtX)! stand of small arms, '.three- piece " of artillery ? and, a-great qtiantity . of elothing ; and ammunition, and paroled 2,000, prisoners whom he could not keep" with his' caralry.- " The enemy had heard of hia 'movemecta and had a train of dox cars and fiat'cars- with Cy- ing artillery, and 5,000, infantry, runnirT up and down-the road to prevent him frm xe-ch- : ing it" Th w'-ATrto v- ' " tlck- - - ? subsisted on aneat alone, - sucikaa t.ey. c--li find. .- ".-..-.-..-5 -ft-.-.,-;s'- S'it-f cFpr danng and dispatch, this expedition has been distinguished in the highest decree, and entitles Col. Elliott" and his command to i.!?h distinction. The results will be emtarrariLng to the enemy and contribute greatly to their loss and demoralization. , He reports the road full of small ' parties . of the retreating eneay . scattering in all directions. v v ? -- . --.-'.-'- CoaiiTTH, May 31;.Yia Cairo June 1. " "'"A special dispitch to the Tribune says: Yesterday morning our reserved divisions were brought up, and our ;entire front moved for ward, the men having two days rations in their haversacks. 'During the day we kept up a tremendous cannonading, shelling the Woods fit-. nously.- Tbe rebels - hardly t. showed themselves but! replied feebly , with a few shots. Last night we threw up breastworks, along the entire front, and slept on our arms within one thousand yards of the enemy's breastworks. At 6 o'clock this morniirg.Gen. Pope' entered Corinth witliout the slightest' opposition. and took possession, at the same lime, the Mayor, who had came up on a different road, met Gen. Nelson and surrendered the tows to him.-There were no inhabitants remaining except ) thewomen, children and -roId menJ : The reb-els succeeded in carryiag away .absolutely everything except & few provisious.which,. yrilb. the warehouses, were burned before we arrived. They took every invalid from the hospital and every letter from- the- post oSee Th ey did not leave a single gun-, and had been moving away troops for six days, and stores more wan two weeks. The most of the troops had gone towards Grand Junction. The reb- . rear guard,' under Bragg, 10,000 strong marched southward; at midnight. - CitiEens assert positively that Beauregard was - there ia person and left with the army.' AD concur that there J were never more than 60,000 troops thereat oneerand "usually much less. .- : " - The rebel mrtificationa were five miles Jong, and extended from the Memphis and Charles ton to the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, but they- were much weaker than we supposed, a .hey . could have 'been carried 4 by. storm; at "any-. timer',-'.''- r':--f -v - ,:v--ci!';:V".i'-i-'.1-'-' "IV 'r- .. The few prisoners we have aredeserterr rom. the rebel rear guard. There ie great ir.crtif cation in our army. - I have these "detaT.a from one who was there in person.'; V -' ' ' -i--i ;:,:;'t"y.lxotririe6lacai-: y . V HiiLicrV Hxadqcaeti&s. J unt lr Residents say that the rebelshurnedCr press Creek Railroad bridge' hy misarsr&hesioiw causing the destruction of term locoinotiyea and as many trains loaded with commicsarr and quartermasters stores. ThisaccoaiiU for the smoke seen by 5 the signal corps' froxa tha-treetor. 'V41 - - .: ' - Col-Elliott and command retarned at rr de stroying the Mobile and Ohio roilroad in :ver- al places and a large amount of 6 teres.- LTo captured three piece of artiUery, CO rr. - rrtid - . . l a .1 . run ira- . pri8oneraan ww. little loss 00 our aki. He fcucd tJ?tll--i: woonded at Boooville.-v Memphis refugees report that iul t. r - 3. Ppa-haye been remoredto Crar I Ta- . t&.v-V:i.j'-:- .'- --r:.'f.J."-'-. - Is .'.Haixece's HEADirAETiz, ir. r 1. '0valry fand't'I tie t:-sti n"t' my standing. They f " zlz I nn '-?2i c . ofheef and 7,C" ") t .1 c f cnxs ia a 1 canipmewt cn t- . w v..o - sail tofcel;r-tr . c 1 . -VTber of ' t3 -3 1 .v.irr.fo-: ' 1 ii t 1!.: t - .-.ry. . v a ---i. 2 - . .-J: j.-